ETIINOI/JOV OP TIIIv I^DO-PACiFIC ISLANDS. 



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CM|u:ilfy irregular nntl cumulative, for the Ist person takes —mu in 

 adiikion to tlio Hoxlonal bihin Using of the root itself (ineww), 

 wfiile the 2n(l not only labia lises the root but adJs an ordinary 

 plural defiijiiive (inir«). The posa* presents yet anoitier form of 

 the let person na- aing. ma- pi. The sexual forms of the 3rd 

 pronoun show similar changes. The proper forma are va-n, or 

 va-nti raasc. va-1, or va-lu fem. and dii, da or di nent. postfixed 

 to the def. But in Tt;lu|rii -du has become mase. (the neuter 

 behig varied to -di). In Kanmtaka ilie masc, haa heeorae va-m 

 and in Teiugii iho fain, haa become a-me. I have already 

 remarked fhat Telugii also revera^js the ordinary functions of the 

 vowels in the 1st person, e being agentive (ne-tm) and a possessive 

 (nu-^o/(a). Aa in S em itico- African and I ml o- European languages, 

 the posffixed ageiitive forms of the pronouns in some cases echo 

 the definitive and not the pronoun.* This is almost uniformly 

 done by Tehigu, the lat peiwn postfixes -nu (from ne-i«M)» the 2iid 

 person postfixes -vu (from ni-i?w), the 3rd masc, -du (from va-f/«), 

 the fem. *di (from a-di; now nan.) and the neut. -tlii (from-a-Mi). 

 The concreted definitives of nouns show variations similar to those 

 of the pronouns. Some nouns have llie same definitive En ail the 

 dialects. Some have a masc, postfix in one dialect, and a fem, 

 in r.nother. 



In the Northern languages the dialectic irregularities are still 

 greater than in the Southern, Gond having for "I" the forms na, 

 nn, no,-an S. ; ma, mo, -um PI, j and for '*thou" im, ni S. ; ini, 

 mi, me PI, Male and Uraon have similar varieties. Male en 

 '* I", ong poss. Sing., na-m, o-m PL, em PL pos^,, Uraon en-, eng- 

 " I", em-in PL ]>o.ss. Tlie Northern forma in o resemble the 

 Todava one, on, won Sing, om, wom. PL Todava frequently 

 replaces the a of other Southern dialects by o (e. g. **eye" kon 

 Tod., kan in the other vocabularies j **milk" por, for pal; "six" 

 ore, for am). 



In I he Kol dialects the Dravirian roots are still further con- 

 fn^^ed, 



The foreign afEnities of the Dravirian pronouns, are of two 

 classes, the firat embracing those indicative of an archaic extension 

 of the formation beyond the [ircseJit Dravirian province and the 



• Tlifi Kol 1« wc", liu " you" arc e.\Bm[jlca of tlic plurul particlud taking the 



